On the day of his mother’s funeral in 1996, the playwright Tom Stoppard had a little spat with his stepfather Kenneth, the man who married his widowed mother in India and took her and her two young sons back with him to the U.K. “It was like the hour my mother died and we came home from the hospital and he was very upset and he didn’t entirely approve of things I was involved in—Jewish questions—and he just blurted out that I should stop using his name.

EverettDirector: Arthur Hiller Year Released: 1976 Cast: Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh, Richard Pryor, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty Get This MovieIn the 1976 film Silver Streak, book publisher George Caldwell (Gene Wilder) decides to take a train from Los Angeles to Chicago because he “just wants to be bored.” But instead he has the least boring train ride ever. He witnesses a murder, gets thrown off the train by one of the killers, gets back on the train, gets knocked off the train again, is accused of murder, steals a patrol car, meets a small-time thief (Richard Pryor), disguises himself as a flamboyant black man, gets back on the train, has a shoot-out, jumps off the train, gets arrested again, clears his name, jumps back on the train and saves all the passengers from death in the now runaway train.

This year, the 70s and 80s made a triumphant comeback, with tried-and-true favourites coming back onto the scene alongside some holdovers from 2022. Let's get into the top trends that ruled the runways (and the streets) in 2023: 7. Flared trousers ADVERTISEMENT Remember bell bottoms dominating the 70s and 80s? Well, they came back this year. Afrobeats star, Asake, embraced this trend with particular enthusiasm, rocking baggy flared trousers like nobody's business.

Jamaican officials are pushing back against the U.S. Department of State’s travel advisory for the island, which was re-issued in January due to “crime and medical services.” The country remains at Level 3 (which encourages people to “reconsider travel”— just one level away from the most severe warning.) “In recent years, the Government has more than doubled its investments to strengthen our capacity to tackle crime and health-related challenges across the island for the benefit of our citizens and indeed everyone who wishes to visit Jamaica,” said Jamaican Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Johnson Smith in a press release.

Menu July 13 Explore July 13 Calendar Major Events 1772 Captain James Cook begins his second voyage to the South Seas aboard HMS Resolution to search for Terra Australis (Southern continent) 1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft 1835 Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson files for a patent for his screw propeller design 1870 King Wilhelm I of Prussia sends the "Emser Depeche (Ems Telegram)"

July 24, 2016 1:25 PM EDT The Chicago White Sox on Sunday said it has suspended Chris Sale following a clubhouse incident Saturday night in which the pitcher reportedly damaged throwback jerseys the team was scheduled to wear. Sale was given a five-day suspension, which began Saturday, for “violating team rules, for insubordination and for destroying team equipment,” White Sox Senior Vice President and General Manager Rick Hahn said in a statement.

When the French government instituted a policy that will allow employees to disconnect from work email while they’re not in the office, effective at the start of 2017, many American workers may have looked across the ocean with jealousy. Though the new French law doesn’t set any hard-and-fast rules, it’s designed to help workers limit the amount of time that work email infringes upon leisure time. It’s just one example of the many labor laws and norms—from regulations that control actual hours worked to policies about paid parental leave—that tend to leave European workers with a more even work-life balance than their U.

Adam, who is the District Coordinating Superintendent, Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Agbara, Ashi, Ibadan, said in Ibadan on Friday. July 7, 2023 that the deceased had premonition of his death. Adam, while speaking at the residence of the late pastor at Ashi area of Ibadan, said that Olowere, popularly known as Baba Automatic, did not die of sickness. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that scores of church members, ministers of God and other mourners were seeing thronging Olowere’s residence to commiserate with his wife and children over the incident, which they described as painful.

The jester who revealed he had to catch a flight from South Africa, where he just finished shooting his movie "10 Days in Sun City", also disclosed he watched her come out of an operation alive ten days ago. He shared the photo above writing, "I had to catch a flight yesterday to make sure I am home for your special day my darling. Heaven knows that i am one of those parents that are busy in their everyday lives and forget to share with those they love how much they mean to them.

While most people are aware of its basic functions, some fascinating facts about the nose might surprise you. 5 things you probably never knew about your nose Here are five things you probably never knew about your nose; ADVERTISEMENT 1. It can distinguish between thousands of different scents While it's commonly known that the nose is responsible for our sense of smell, what's less known is just how sensitive it is.